Anglo-Saxon society was so thoroughly patriarchal that it did not even have a word for “Queen”...
— Archaeo - Histories (@archeohistories) January 15, 2026
Only one wife of an Anglo-Saxon king ever appeared on coinage. Cynethryth, the formidable wife of King Offa of Mercia in the late 8th Century AD. Yet one woman cuts straight… pic.twitter.com/zINQS7qYiy
